Re: your mail

[Bob Larkin <blarkin@xxxxxx>]

Hey guys, be lazy (or maybe smart) aand you will never make the mistake of
deleting commands. DO NOT use the SLTCMD. Just type the preficx of the command,
followed by the *. ie. DSPL*, or WRK*. It does the same thing as the SLTCMD 
DSPL*,
but fewer changes, and I think it is goofproof.

Bob Larkin
blarkin@wt.net

PaulMmn wrote:

> >> Watch out that you don't fat finger the "S" in SLTCMD and type the "D" next
> >> to the "S" on the keyboard. I did that 9 years ago and typed "DLTCMD RTV*"
> >> instead of "SLTCMD RTV*"! Fortunately, it was my own computer and not a
> >> client's.
> >
> >THANK YOU!
> >
> >I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only person in the world to have
> >done that particular fumble-finger.
> >
> >david
>
> As nifty as the double-interlock on deletes is, it's all too easy to get in
> the habit of hitting the enter key twice.
>
> During those late nights and other ultra critical times, I've tried to
> train myself to pause... and READ THE FINE SCREEN before I press that 2nd
> Enter.
>
> I suspect, however, that the DLTCMD RTV* command would not require a 2nd
> enter... since it doesn't come from a subfile select, but direct from the
> command line... where only people who know what they're doing lurk.
>
> --Paul E Mussleman
> PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com
>
> "To err is human... to really screw things up, you need the QSECOFR password."
>
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